Adminiculate

/ˌædmɪˈnjuːkjəleɪt/ verb

Definition

To support or prop up; to corroborate or provide supporting evidence.

Etymology

From Latin adminiculatus (supported), from adminiculum (support). The -ate verbal suffix creates a verb form. This rare verb appears primarily in historical legal documents and archaic scientific writing.

Kelly Says

This verb is so rare that you'd be hard-pressed to find it used even once in modern English—it's the kind of word that time forgot, preserved only in medieval manuscripts where lawyers needed Latin-derived verbs for every possible action.

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